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The point is that without diversity, even awareness of these problems can be missing. Obviously once you understand what the skill/experience gap is, you can go
by dontreact 8y ago
The point is that without diversity, even awareness of these problems can be missing. Obviously once you understand what the skill/experience gap is, you can go out and try to fill it. But a team lacking in diversity will also end up with these sorts of blind spots. Latin Americans can (and did :) ) notice this gap and now it is beginning to be filled.
- refurb 8y agoBut my point is that it's diversity of experience/knowledge, not racial diversity that solves those problems.
- dontreact 8y agoMy point is not that the best way to solve these problems is through racial diversity. My point is that they inevitably crop up due a lack of awareness when you do not have diversity.
- refurb 8y agoThen we disagree. I'd much rather filter based on diversity of thought/experience/knowledge if I'm looking to cover all my gaps, then base it on race where there is a chance you'll end up with group think because they all have similar thoughts/experience/knowledge.
- dontreact 8y agoAs a practical matter I think it's pretty hard to get diversity of thought/experience/knowledge without also getting racial diversity. The two are extremely correlated, because social groups are often racially homogenous. In addition, filtering based on diversity of thought is pretty difficult. It's already so hard to interview people well... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/08/25/three-quarters-of-whites-dont-have-any-non-white-friends/?utm_term=.6fe3b73b28a5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/08/25/three...